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I'm sure he knows how to expansion valve works he took the head off of it as I said previously and we put it back together thought we may have had it I have worked with him on this chiller for 3 months. Off And. On I think very highly of him. He is just so busy. And. He don't work on chillers every day. I'm just. Thing to help. Him. Cause we will be trying again. Next week

As you have found out there is not much to look at when you take apart this type of EXV. It is very unlikely that the push rod is hanging up. As for the power head you will need to leave that to your imagination. The actuator either works or it does not. It only takes at most 30 minute to trouble shoot, that's it. This is where ohms law applies.

An EXV has to be told what to do, If I were you I would not look at it for more than 30 minute in your last effort and final test. Its very clear that your problem lies elsewhere.

This is so basic that on average it should take no more than two hours for a true diagnosis. A decade box would help for sure.
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Understand the symptoms and you will and you will find a solution.

As you have found out there is not much to look at when you take apart this type of EXV. It is very unlikely that the push rod is hanging up. As for the power head you will need to leave that to your imagination. The actuator either works or it does not. It only takes at most 30 minute to trouble shoot, that's it. This is where ohms law applies.

An EXV has to be told what to do, If I were you I would not look at it for more than 30 minute in your last effort and final test. Its very clear that your problem lies elsewhere.

This is so basic that on average it should take no more than two hours for a true diagnosis. A decade box would help for sure.
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Understand the symptoms and you will and you will find a solution.

The trouble shooting methods Trane spells out in their Addendum are pretty straight forward. Keep a stop watch or a stop watch app handy and go into the test submenu.

That and ohming out the windings and checking the integrity of the cable.

I am not claiming to be a chiller tech, but whats your temp difference across your drier, the shell looking thing before your EXV. Or your air cooled or water cooled unit is seeing freezing cold temperatures... Grab your clamp on, check the temp out of the condenser, then check it before the EXV, is it the same temp, if no, why not?